Politics
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Little federal response to states blocking same-sex military benefits
Oklahoma became the latest state to stand in defiance of a Pentagon order by halting the processing of requests for benefits from members of the...
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Bipartisan push begins for federal domestic-partner benefits
A bipartisan effort is underway on Capitol Hill to secure equal benefits for the domestic partners of federal civilian employees. While the Office of Personnel...
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Federal government to recognize married same-sex couples under private pension plans
Legally married same-sex couples will be recognized by the federal government when it comes to private employee-benefit plans no matter where they live, the Labor...
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Simmering divide over ENDA’s broad religious exemption set to boil
Congress has returned to Washington after its month-long summer recess, and as a historic Senate vote draws nearer on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, lingering divisions...
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Biden: Marriage equality is ‘the issue of our day’
Vice President Joe Biden stood firm behind his decision to endorse same-sex marriage in May 2012, describing marriage equality as the civil rights issue of...
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Pennsylvania judge orders halt to same-sex marriage licenses
A Pennsylvania judge Thursday ordered a county clerk to cease issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, declaring the clerk’s actions as outside the scope of...
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AFL-CIO doubles down on ENDA support, calls on Congress to act
The nation’s largest labor federation reaffirmed its backing of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act with a seemingly unanimous vote Wednesday calling on Congress to act. Submitted...
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Gay vote fractures as Christine Quinn loses New York City mayoral race
It wasn’t the ending Christine Quinn had hoped for. Taking the stage of what was intended to be her victory party at a Chelsea hotel,...
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Mizeur touts endorsements from key areas, straw poll victory
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), a gubernatorial candidate from Maryland seeking to become the first woman governor of the Free State and the first out...
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Hawaii governor calls special session to consider marriage-equality legislation
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced Monday he would call a special session of the state Legislature beginning Oct. 28 to consider marriage-equality legislation. Speaking to...
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Marriage public education campaign launches in battlefield Ohio
Same-sex marriage supporters are adopting a new approach to securing marriage equality in Ohio, they announced Monday. A new campaign backed by some of the...
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Obama meets with Russian LGBT activists, calls work ‘critically important’
President Obama concluded his visit to St. Petersburg for the G-20 summit by meeting with several Russian activists Friday, including representatives of Russia’s LGBT community....
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Obama scheduled to meet with Russian LGBT activists
President Obama will meet with LGBT activists during his trip to Russia for the G-20 summit this week, a White House official confirmed to Metro...
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Obama administration to extend full veterans’ benefits to same-sex military families
At the direction of the president, the Obama administration will no longer enforce portions of United States Code that deny veterans’ benefits to same-sex military...
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County clerks at the forefront of marriage battles in two states
Following the Supreme Court’s sweeping decision striking down the federal government’s definition of marriage as between a man and a woman, county clerks in two...
